Lyons, New Jersey

Demographics

2020

Lyons was first listed as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.

As of 2020, the population was 5,345.

Economy

The Lyons VA Medical Center is a U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital located here. 38 buildings, containing neuropsychiatric patients resided here in 1931. In 2018, it employed 60 physicians.

Population

Transportation

The community is served by New Jersey Transit train service at the Lyons station on the Gladstone Branch to Newark Broad Street Station and Hoboken Terminal.

History

• The area called Lyons is remembered for the David Lyon farm which was a large part of the area.
• Lyons Depot - This one-story Tudor Revival and Mission Revival style structure was built in 1931. It is faced with stucco and brick and has limestone trim with carved rosette ornamentation at the gable ends. It was designed by Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) architect D.T. Mack or one of his staff. It was built largely to accommodate the growing number of visitors to Veterans Hospital. It was the last station built on the Gladstone Branch. Is now owned by Bernards Township.
• Lyons Train Station state and national historic registry - NR 6-22-84 SR 3-17-84
• Groundbreaking started on the Lyons VA Hospital on July 11, 1929.
• The first patients arrived at the Lyons facility on November 12, 1930, having been transferred from the Bronx VA Hospital in New York City. By July 1931 a total of 415 patients were living and receiving therapy at the hospital.
• Hospital dedicated Saturday, July 23, 1931.
• The Lyons VA Medical Center was the only VA hospital in the state until one in East Orange opened in 1952. It was listed on the NRHP as the Lyons Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District in 2013.
• There is a Lyons Fire Department and it's on the grounds of the Lyons VA.
• Local historian Brooks Betz noted that the population growth of Bernards Township exploded over the next two decades due to people moving to the area to support the Lyons VA.

References

References

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3. [https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/geocodes/?state=34 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey], Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.
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11. (3 May 2023). "Lyons VA Medical Center". [[U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs]].
12. "VA New Jersey Health Care System Lyons Campus, Hospital in Lyons, NJ".
13. [http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=76 Lyons station], [[New Jersey Transit]]. Accessed September 21, 2014.
14. [http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=MNEG Gladstone Branch], [[New Jersey Transit]]. Accessed September 21, 2014.
15. (August 2012). ["National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lyons Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District"]({{NRHP url). [[National Park Service]].